Constitution Detectives. Your students will become constitution detectives and research the United States Constitution in a fun and meaningful activity. This is a comprehensive unit that includes questions about the Constitution. The questions are all referenced by the Articles and Sections within t

Character Bio Reports is a great way to teach kids how to write an organized report or essay about a person or character... without copying and pasting facts from a website. This assignment requires students to choose a famous person or character, research that person, and write a short character an

Biography Report - Informational Writing & Research: Students will enjoy this step-by-step biography research and informative writing project and feel successful too! After researching and writing about a famous person, students will create a biography report booklet to share.
This biography pa

This is a fun little printable activity book designed for use by my own third graders. This book highlights the most important duties, rights, and responsibilities of good citizens. Inside, the students will read and write about things they can do to be a good citizen, the rights given to them by th

This Oregon Trail simulation activity is meant to simulate what pioneers had to go through when they decided to travel the Oregon Trail, one of the longest trails in North America. Pioneers began their journey in Independence, Missouri, crossed the Missouri River, traveled through Chimney Rock, Nebr

This is a Needs and Wants unit that includes a three day lesson plan, color sorting cards for your pocket chart or center, sorting cut and paste activity for students, an easy reader, posters, and a mini booklet for your students to complete. I have included 5 versions of the wants and needs mini-

Use "Link & Think" digital learning guides in your classroom to spark active thinking in your classroom.
This digital learning guide introduces the 5 regions of the United States (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West).
Take your students on a virtual tour around the United Stat

Rise of Dictatorships - World War 2 Pop Up Figures Lesson Plan
This wonderfully creative lesson has students creating pop up figures of 5 dictators who came to power in the 1920's and 30's before World War II.
Included is a printable sheet with 5 people for your students to cut out: Adolf Hitler,

This is a set of activities and posters to support your primary economics unit on needs and wants.
Includes:
✓ Vocabulary Posters with definitions of needs and wants
✓ Picture Sort - Students sort picture cards according to whether the item is a need or a want
✓ Writing Activity - Student write ab

This is a product created for third grade Georgia teachers, (maybe others as well). Two pages of this pack allows for students to practice locating the equator, prime meridian, lines of latitude and longitude, and the continents. The other two pages are designed for students to practice locating t

This American Civil War activity bundle contains some great activities, worksheets and printables to use in your social studies classroom.
Here is what included in the Civil War resource bundle:
→Teacher’s Tips (1-page)
→Group Activity Handout (8-pages)
→Civil War QR Codes and Sites (2-pages)
→Gro

Reading comprehension passages! Common core-aligned!
This pack includes 20 nonfiction close reading passages with comprehension questions all about Amazing People.
Wonderfully versatile for classroom use - use in guided reading groups, for independent reading, at centers, as supplements to other

This unit is a study based on the book, The Story of Ruby Bridges.
The unit includes:
*a craftivity with a writing assignment about "How Ruby Changed History"
*a graphic to be used for an anchor chart
*a lap book with a cover page
*a pop up graphic
*four separate writing activities: focus on

Declaration of Independence Detectives. The purpose of this activity is to engage your students by having them become detectives and learn about the Declaration of Independence.
What is Included:
-Teacher Tips (2-pages)
-Introductory Handout (color and printer friendly; 2-pages each)
-Student Q

Loyalist or Patriot? Opinion Writing Assignment
This two-day lesson plan includes all of the components you will need to have your students write an opinion piece on whether they would be a Loyalist or a Patriot in the year 1775, just prior to the American Revolution.
This file includes a lesso

State Report / Research Project / Opinion Writing: This is not your typical “state report”. With this opinion writing project students will research states from their own points of view. They will learn about two states and decide which state is a better place for them to live based on factors that

Holocaust Webquest:
Students will gain basic knowledge about the Holocaust by completing an internet-based worksheet. The Holocaust Webquest uses an amazing website created by United States Holocaust Museum. The website allows students to explore the key events of the Holocaust. The website is:
ht

A mock election is a great way to help young children understand the process of how we elect our leaders. This voting activity is the perfect lesson for use around Election Day for grades kindergarten, first, or second. Show an online video (link included in lesson) or read the book Duck for Pres

Help students to understand the significance of September 11 with this informative close reading passage. The two page passage describes the events leading up to the September 11 attacks, describes the day of the events, the aftermath of the attacks on Americans, and the memorials of the heroes lost

This lesson packet includes a short story explaining the life and accomplishments of Terry Fox as well as several comprehension worksheets.
Here is what you will get in this packet:
‣ Reading passage in color (2 pages)
‣ Reading passage in black and white (2 pages)
‣ True or false worksheet
‣ Se

Economics can often be a dull subject for your young learners, but it doesn't have to be! This econmics 3 day mini-unit will have your students wanting more! Whether they are demonstrating what it is to be a producer by creating their own Play-Doh product or modeling the assembly line with their pee

Economics: Supply and Demand
“Economics: Supply and Demand” is a Social Studies lesson that focuses on understanding the law of supply and demand and its effect on prices in a market economy. The original informational text provides an overview of the definitions of supply and demand, as well as se

**UPDATED on 9/4/2017**
Fixed a few minor errors, added an assessment, and gave the book a facelift!! :)
I always struggle teaching these communities because there don't seem to be too many good resources.
I created this interactive book to help solve the problem. The includes a character from

UPDATED FALL 2016 -Due to the fact that there is new archaeological evidence to consider, I have updated this lesson.
What happened to the Lost Colonists of Roanoke is a mystery that has intrigued people for centuries. This lesson allows students to consider the theories about what happened to th

Teaching about President's Day or the Election and need some sweet writing papers? Ding, ding, ding! You've come to the perfect place!
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ALL THE INTERESTING DETAILS:
You'll find THREE different options here that make it simple for you to find just the right fit

Reconstruction Interactive Evaluation Project
This excellent, interactive student activity has your class assuming the roles of various people during the Age of Reconstruction and evaluating how they would feel about Reconstruction.
Students are assigned one of six characters (a freed slave, forme

This product contains interactive cut and paste learning material for students to create an organized social studies interactive notebook
Ancient China Unit for Interactive Social Studies Notebook!
6th Grade Ancient Civilizations Series
This resource is part of the Ancient Civilizations (Entire) Cu

American Revolution Webquest
Students will gain basic knowledge about the American Revolution by completing an internet-based worksheet. The American Revolution webquest uses an amazing virtual museum website by American Revolution Center.
http://amrevmuseum.org/timeline/
Click here to view the we

Westward Expansion
“Westward Expansion” is a Social Studies lesson that focuses on understanding the motivation of pioneers to travel west, the role Missouri played as a “jumping off place” before the journey, and the hardships pioneers endured while traveling to the West.
Included in this produc

Columbian Exchange Interactive Lesson & Presentation
In this fantastic, interactive lesson, students work together to evaluate over 20 items from either the New World or Old World. An easy-to-follow procedure page explains several ways the lesson can be completed based on your class's structure

Declaration of Independence ~ Quick Pack is a Social Studies lesson with the objective of helping students understand the historical context of the Declaration of Independence, as well as some important principles within the document.
REVISED!! 11/25/2016
I have revised this product to better matc

Do your students truly understand why they are taking a history class!? Why not teach them in a fun activity? Turn your students into historians as they dig through artifacts, analyze primary sources and read information about history. This lesson guides your students through an activity where they

Absolute and relative location are two basic, important geography tools that all students must master. Why not teach students these vital skills in a fun, active way? This assignment will do just that!
Absolute location, of course, requires students to use latitude and longitude to give their answe

This lesson follows my lesson on THE GLOBE. Your students will learn about the continents and oceans through interactive pages (click and reveal), website links (learn more about the continents and cultures), video link and a printable book for students to color / write in and keep. A teacher's no

This great lesson for the Vietnam War has students rotate through stations to learn about various aspects of the War in Vietnam.
The 7 different stations cover:
1. The Cu Chi Tunnels
2. Vietcong Booby Traps
3. Agent Orange
4. Ho Chi Minh
5. Songs of the Vietnam War
6. The Draft and Protests
7. Mi

Lewis and Clark
“Lewis and Clark” is a Social Studies lesson I created for my students. This lesson focuses on understanding the three main purposes of the expedition – to explore the Louisiana Purchase, discover a Northwest Passage and meet the Native Americans living in the area.
Included in thi

Reading comprehension passages! Common core-aligned!
This pack includes 20 non-fiction close reading passages with comprehension questions all about world mysteries and wonders.
Wonderfully versatile for classroom use - use in guided reading groups, for independent reading, at centers, as supplem

Representing data on a map is an important form of communicating information to the reader. Information graphics need to provide the right information in the clearest format possible. Google Maps provides an easy facility to display data for any reader, and anybody can use this facility to upload t

American Revolution Interactive Timeline Project
This fantastic cooperative learning activity has your students sorting 10 key events that led up to the American Revolution.
These events include:
Salutary Neglect, The French & Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Boston Mas

Civil War Stations Activity: Comparing the Union and Confederacy
This is a fantastic lesson to get your students out of their seats and moving around the room while they work together to analyze the Union and Confederacy before the Civil War.
Six stations feature characteristics of the North and S

Hamilton Lesson Plan for the Hit Musical
This amazing, fun, and highly-engaging lesson is designed to teach your students all about Alexander Hamilton through a PowerPoint, graphic organizer/interactive notebook pages, cooperative learning activity, primary source, and songs from the hit Broadway s

This fantastic Civil Rights Movement lesson plan is inspired by the "Freedom Riders". Included are 7 one page readings on major events of the Civil Rights Movement (Brown Vs. The Board of Ed., The Little Rock 9, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, etc) that students read as they travel around the room.
As

Students will create a brochure about their state. You may choose to have your students use the included brochure template, or you may simply use white paper folded into thirds. The sections of the brochure include information on their state’s national parks, monuments, attractions/events, and state

Informational Writing ~ U.S.A. Symbol Research Project: With this informative writing research project students will research and write about government buildings, statues, memorials, symbols, songs, and oaths. Then they'll create a patriotic report booklet to share! This would be a great project fo

Social Studies work teaches about our daily life. Seasons and climate are a big part of that!
In our work on Social Studies we look at how all the strands affect our daily lives. Geography/climate, economics, government, cultural traditions and even history all shape decisions we make in daily life

Spanish American War Document Analysis Timeline
This activity features 10 primary sources from the Spanish American War that students analyze using questions organized onto a timeline. The documents include cartoons, newspapers, lithographs, maps, and pictures all related to each aspect of the war.

Are you ready to meet the federal mandate to teach your students about the U.S. Constitution on Constitution Day on September 17th? Everything you need to teach your primary grade(K-3) students about Constitution Day is right here, ready to use and no prep! The animated PowerPoint lesson explains

Economics: Opportunity Costs
“Economics: Opportunity Costs” teaches students the concepts of scarcity, opportunity costs and economic interdependence. Students do a close read of an original informational text before applying their knowledge to identify the opportunity costs, explaining how our cho

Elections President and Election Day Activities. The purpose of this bundled activity is to engage your students by having them become “election detectives” and learn about the process of electing the president of the United States.
Topics Covered in Election Detective Activity:
→K-"No W"-L chart

This lesson packet includes a short story explaining the life and accomplishments of Johnny Appleseed, as well as several comprehension worksheets.
Here is what you will get in this packet:
‣ Reading passage in color (2 pages)
‣ Reading passage in black and white (2 pages)
‣ True or false worksh